creating the characters from “lost dogs” and “stray cats”

Follow this link to a podcast I was the guest on, where I discussed creating the characters from Lost Dogs and Stray Cats. The Writing & Editing podcast is hosted by writer/editor Jennia D’Lima, and it runs about 20 minutes. You can listen on Apple, Spotify, and a number of Continue reading creating the characters from “lost dogs” and “stray cats”

all about “stray cats”

It was the story I didn’t intend to write, but I’m glad I did. Stray Cats, my latest novel, comes out this week. A follow-up to my 2014 post-apocalypse novel Lost Dogs, its premise is that cats really do have nine lives, but instead of living them one after the Continue reading all about “stray cats”

we got six. that’s all there is.

My children have never known a home without pets.  There have always been at least two in the house. When my older daughter Beth was born, we had our cats Loki and Freya (who were littermates), as well as our dogs Pupcake, Ajax, and Daisy.  Beth was very young—3 ½ Continue reading we got six. that’s all there is.